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U+2696 · SCALES

Scales

  • CodepointU+2696
  • NameSCALES
  • Emoji namebalance scale
  • Decimal9878
  • BlockMiscellaneous Symbols (U+2600–U+26FF)
  • Plane0 — Basic Multilingual Plane
  • ScriptCommon
  • CategorySo — Other Symbol
  • Unicode version4.1 (2005)
  • Bidi classON — Other Neutral
  • Combining class0
  • East Asian widthN — Neutral
  • MirroredNo

About this character

U+2696 (⚖) is SCALES, a symbol in the Miscellaneous Symbols block. Its script is Common: it is shared by many writing systems rather than belonging to one. It was added in Unicode 4.1 (2005).

Its emoji name (CLDR short name) is “balance scale”, in the Objects group, subgroup tool. By default it is shown as a text glyph; follow it with U+FE0F VARIATION SELECTOR-16 to request the colour emoji form (U+2696 U+FE0F), or with U+FE0E VARIATION SELECTOR-15 to force text style.

How to type ⚖

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Encodings & escapes

UTF-8 encoder →
UTF-8E2 9A 963 bytes
UTF-1626961 code unit
UTF-32000026964 bytes
HTML decimal⚖
HTML hex⚖
CSS\2696in content: "…"
JavaScript\u2696
JSON\u2696
Python\u2696
Python\N{SCALES}by name
Java / C#\u2696
C / C++\u2696universal character name
Rust / Swift / PHP\u{2696}
Go\u2696
Ruby\u2696
Excel / Sheets=UNICHAR(9878)
URL-encoded%E2%9A%96percent-encoded UTF-8
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Nearby in Miscellaneous Symbols

All in block →
U+2690⚐White Flag U+2691⚑Black Flag U+2692⚒Hammer and Pick U+2693⚓Anchor U+2694⚔Crossed Swords U+2695⚕Staff of Aesculapius U+2697⚗Alembic U+2698⚘Flower U+2699⚙Gear U+269A⚚Staff of Hermes U+269B⚛Atom Symbol U+269C⚜Fleur-De-Lis